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Epiphany in the land of Native Americans:

For the longest time I'd wondered how someone like Robbie Robertson, would out of nowhere come up with a song like:



And if your curious, the lyrics:
Wani wachiyelo ate omakiyayo (Father help me I want to live)
Wani wachiyelo ate omakiyayo (Father help me I want to live)
Wani wachiyelo ate omakiyayo (Father help me I want to live)

Atay nimichikun (Father you have done this)
Oshiya chichiyelo (Humbly have pity on me)

Wani wachiyelo atay omakiyayo (Father help me I want to live)
Wani wachiyelo atay omakiyayo (Father help me I want to live)
Wani wachiyelo atay (Father I want to live)

I still remember hearing it for the first time. Me and my sister were watching a movie called The Doe Boy, which we both ended up enjoying. It had ended, and I was getting ready to turn it until I heard this come on. I just stood there wide-eyed with goosebumps all over, not really knowing what to do. I immediately sat down intently, and watched the credits roll by until I found the name of the song. "Hm.. Robbie Robertson. Guess I need to look him up." Well when I was greeted with the fact that his music was almost pure rock, I was, needless to say, disappointed. It wasn't up until a couple weeks ago until I heard it on an old CD I made a couple years back.

Now with the advent of a computer that isn't hopelessly slow, I could do some much needed research. First stop: Wikipedia. Within a minute I had finally found an answer! As it turns out, it was written by the duo Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike. After lots and lots of YouTubing, I was happy to find that they actually have an immense amount of material, all of which is unbelievably beautiful. Definitely recommended.

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